Frances Wood

Did Marco Polo Go To China?

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Produktbeschreibung

Published to mark the 700th anniversary of Marco Polo's journey, this work questions whether he ever reached China, the country he described in his book "A Description of the World". It examines the Polo family history, Marco Polo's activities as a merchant and the preparation of his book.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Inc
• Seitenzahl: 202
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Januar 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 210mm x 137mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 282g
• ISBN-13: 9780813389998
• ISBN-10: 0813389992
• Artikelnr.: 21529960

Autorenporträt

Frances Wood is head of the Chinese Department at the British Library and author of A Companion to China and The Blue Guide to China, among many other scholarly works.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
The Bare Details
Why Go at All? Missionaries Nose to Tail
Prester John and the Magi
Not an Itinerary
The Ghost Writer and the First Fan
The Language of the Text
Omissions and Inclusions
Ice-cream and Spaghetti
Walls Within Walls
He Missed the Biggest Wall
Not Unique and Certainly Not a Siege Engineer
Who Were the Polos? Was It China? A Significant Absence
Conclusions
Afterword